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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Hello and welcome! I am so excited because I am the guest designer at Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge. WooHoo! As a recent challenge winner I was asked to join Joanna and the talented design team for the new challenge at IBSIC . Joanna emailed the inspiration photo to me a few weeks ago and I was immediately inspired by the gorgeous poinsettias. I pulled out my Poinsettia Christmas stamp set by Verve and went to work. She ask us to use green, red, and white for our color scheme and the papers in Authentique's Wonder collection were a perfect fit. I subbed cream for white, which Joanna approved, and used this sketch for design inspiration.

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I stamped four poinsettias, colored each with Copic's, fussy cut them and layered to create a dimensional flower. My sentiment is from the same set and I used the leafy sprigs stamp and die, also by Verve, to back my flowers. The leaves were distressed with antique linen and opal liquid pearls provide visual interest on my sentiment panel. A Spica atyou silver pen created a faux stitched border while I opted to use pearls on the circle panel. The red & white stripe separating two of my dp's is fabric tape and I added twine and a bow on top of it. A faux stitched border on my green base panel and four red pearls anchoring my dp panels finish my card.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Hello crafty people! For those of you celebrating Thanksgiving last week I hope you had a wonderful holiday. We're back with another linky party here at Make It Monday and I am using an image from our current sponsor, Doctor Digi's House of Stamps. This rustic snowman looks like he belongs in a forest so I used store bought die cuts and stickers to give my tag a woodland feel. White Liquid Applique was used to create snow and stamps from Taylored Expressions provide the snowflake background images & holiday sentiment. My gift tag was easy to create and I'll use it for Christmas gift giving which is right around the corner. ;) Now, who is my ...

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

It's all about Kids/Teens for the next two weeks at Top Tip Tuesday and I'm the hostess for this challenge. With kids in mind I created a mixed media tutorial which incorporates kids art which you can see here on the TTT blog. A big congrats to the winners of the We're All Heart challenge and a big thank you to Kenny K for providing the team with our current images. My project is a bookmark and I used Map Kid which is actually a freebie. ;-) I colored my image with Copics, fussy cut it, and made a handmade tag from a manila folder. Ink sprays were used to create a background and rub ons for journaling & visual interest. Now, here's a sneek peek of my mixed media project over at Top Tip Tuesday using my daughter's art at age six.

Ok, I promised on the challenge blog to share more info about mixed media. I have some examples showing how to create mixed media along with a tutorial I created this past summer which will help you with building a background and more. At the end I'll share a new 11x14 canvas I created using more of my daughter's artwork.

Thanks for hanging in for such a long post. I do hope you'll pay the design team a visit and view their inspiration at Top Tip Tuesday or by clicking on their links on my right sidebar. I'll be taking a break until Sunday to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with my family. For those celebrating I hope you have a wonderful time enjoying family & friends.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

It's time for a new linky party at Make It Monday and we're sponsored this week by the ultra fab Meljen's Designs. I adore Melissa's images and couldn't wait to use this cute little fella, Marshmallow Snowman, on my card. That smile just makes you melt, doesn't it! I will admit that I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with all that will happen in the next six weeks. Here in America we will be celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, Black Friday (for serious bargain shoppers) the day after and Christmas all within the span of a month and three days. It's too much! I vote we move Thanksgiving up a few weeks, what say you? lol

A big round of applause to all those who entered last week's linky party and the winners. You guys truly inspire me and I want to apologize for being a bit tardy this week with my commenting. A lot going on in my world and I've been dealing with a shoulder injury which has made life a bit difficult lately. Enough of that, for now I am thrilled to introduce my...

Yes folks, those are real birthday candles on that cake! I'm in love with the incredible detail on this card Julie. To learn how she created this one of a kind birthday card click her link above. Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Make It Monday. :)

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Hello and welcome back to the new challenge, Anything Goes, at The Squirrel and The Fox. Congratulations to the Winner and Top 3 of Challenge #30! We're sponsored for the next two weeks by Bugaboo Stamps and for my project I used this cute Snowman Tag to top my altered Altoids tin. I'm using it as a gift card holder and should note that I added the red & green border with a fine point Sharpie pen. I colored the image with Copic markers and finished by adding Stickles to the berries & bling to the snowflakes. Easy peasy, now it's your turn to show us your creations!

A big thank you to Bugaboo Stamps for providing the team with images to work with. Be sure to check out what my teamies made to inspire you by visiting The Squirrel & The Fox blog or click their links on my right sidebar. For those celebrating the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday I hope you have a wonderful time with family & friends and wish all of you safe travel!

Thanks for stopping by & a big welcome to my new followers, happy to have you!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

It's time for another linky party at Make It Monday and we're eager to see your creations fill the gallery once again. Our wonderful sponsor this week is the fun & whimsical Bugaboo Stamps and I've used JJ Calendar Months-February on my mixed media art journal page. It's been a while since I've had time to play in my art journal but this image seemed a perfect fit for this type of project. Before I share how I created this page I would like to congratulate our winner from last week's linky party and thank all of you for the wonderful inspiration you share each week.

I love this blue butterfly & fun rub ons from Hambly Screen Prints.

A Dymo label maker spells out my new motto. ;-)

Flowers in all shapes & sizes create texture and visual interest.

The grasshopper, ladybug, butterfly, and black flower are rub ons.

Now for the deets, I used ink sprays by Dylusions in London Blue, Cut Grass & Pure Sunshine. After spraying my page in puddles of color I spritzed it with water (as Dyan does), let the colors run together and dabbed the excess with a paper towel. To add dimension I applied modeling paste on top of my flower stencil in random places and carefully lifted it leaving the raised impression. After it dried I decided to add pops of color by painting the petals of my flowers with acrylic paint and adding bling to the centers. Black flower rub ons add depth to my background and pretty butterfly rub ons add color. A MS butterfly was punched out of red holographic paper and a trio of yellow pearls was added to create a 3D butterfly fluttering about on my page while paper flowers add to the 3D effect as well. I'm a big polka dot fan so I added some in various places by stenciling over a piece of punchinella and using Christy Tomlinson's She Art rub ons. The sun was hand cut from a dp in Christy's She Art paper collection by Pink Paislee which I outlined with a black doodle pen and rub ons add visual interest. About this time I decided on the words I wanted to journal for this page and everyone has heard this phrase, I'm sure. For me personally I am at a point where I need to heed what they say and be content right where I am. ;-) As for JJ, she was printed onto Choice Snow White by TE and colored with Copic markers. I fussy cut her and outlined the edges with a black Copic marker, applied Mod Podge to the back and brushed her on. A black Faber Castell Pitt pen was used to shade and sink her into the background so she looks like she's been there all the time. Mixed media is so much fun and if you've never given it a try I encourage you too!

I love everything about this card from the mix of fab patterned paper to the amazing coloring on this sweet little chef and her towering birthday cake. Tracy is quite the Copic artist I'm a big fan of her signature style. To see more of this wonderful card click on her link and leave her some love. :) Thanks Tracy for sharing your talent with us at Make it Monday!

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Before I close I want to wish veterans here in the USA a "Happy Veterans Day" and thank veterans everywhere who have teamed with our Armed Forces in protecting the freedom of all. It is a day to remember the fallen and the sacrifice they made on behalf of freedom. Everyone has the right to live free and none should have to live in tyranny or oppression. Most of you know that my son, and daughter-in-law, are currently serving in the U. S. Army. I am grateful that everyday new people volunteer to serve this country and defend it by joining the military. May God Bless all veterans and those currently serving to protect our way of life and the freedoms we enjoy!Happy Veteran's Day!Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to pay my teamies a visit to see what they came up with to whet your creative appetite. Click the links on my right sidebar or visit the Make It Monday blog.Have a wonderful week!Lisa

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Hello and welcome, glad you dropped by! Lisa. M. is our hostess and she has a brand new challenge for you, We're All Heart, at Top Tip Tuesday. We're sponsored the next two weeks by the Stamp Fairy, who also provided the team with images to create with, and Simon Says Stamp as well as Ooh La La Creations. A big thank you to our sponsors throughout the year for all you do to make Top Tip Tuesday a fun challenge to play along with. Speaking of that, congratulations to the winner of the Halloween challenge and the Top 3 chosen by Bettina. Okay, so where's my image? Right here...

Sponsor image-Molly Love 6

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This began as an unfinished birdhouse that I found at a local Goodwill. Some paint, paper, chipboard, flock, tinsel, glitter, ribbon and pearl trim was all it took to transform it. It had a pre cut heart for the opening which went perfectly with the challenge theme and I added a chipboard heart to the back of the birdhouse. My sponsor image is the fence with hearts called Molly Love 6 and I colored it with Copics and did some fussy cutting. I plan to hot glue a redbird on the perch and I'd love to find more of these fun birdhouses and create a birdhouse village to display in my home at Christmas. It's only one more thing to add to my ever growing to do list. ;)

Stamp
Fairy officially launched on November 5th 2010. Gerda Burghardt, artist and
owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired
by her life, love and 4 cute cats. You will find adorable teddies bears, young
boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters. Stamp Fairy has a
free image with every new set released each Friday. Please visit the store and
browse StampFairy’s wonderful images. We hope StampFairy’s images inspire YOUR
creativity.Stampfairy
is offering a $10 gift voucher to their store.

Tip
- There are new releases EVERY WEEK on Stampfairy. Each new set released has a FREEBIEso
have a look through the images
and download your freebies from each set !!!

Simon Says StampSimon Says
Stamp is offering a $20 gift voucher to spend in their store!! In
business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is
striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art,
Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. We
stock over 100,000 items in our warehouses so that we can offer you quick
service and one stop shopping at a great price! Happy customers are the
heart of our business. We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in
stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales
meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and
current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your
door!

Ooh La La Creations is
offering you any 1 of their CDs! We live in France. My daughter and I design
the CD's. I started crafting about 20 years ago with glass painting and
decorated furniture then started making cards for friends and family. We decided
to design our own CD's as there was not much craft materials around when we
moved here. We use living Artists for all of our CD's now and have recently
shown our CD's on Create and Craft TV

That's it for me today, thanks for spending time with me and please pay a visit to my teamies to see their inspiration. You can check their creations out by stopping by the Top Tip Tuesday blog or click their links on my right sidebar. Have a wonderful week everyone and show us your heart!